Office of the Historian

793.94/5355: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, June 23, 1932—5 p.m.
[Received June 23—8:15 a.m.]

166. The Embassy is informed that the press has cabled to America the statement of General Araki7 before the Supreme Military Council on the 22nd to the effect that the resolutions of the League of Nations and statements made by Japan in regard to Manchuria before the establishment of Manchukuo can no longer be considered as binding on Japan. Araki has not made public any statement regarding the particular resolutions and statements to which he refers but the implications are that Japan will not withdraw its troops into the railway zone in compliance with the League resolutions and its own agreements and does not recognize the authority of the League of Nations Inquiry Commission to recommend solutions of the Manchurian problem.

Repeated to Peiping.

Grew
  1. Japanese Minister for War.↩